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J.M. Coetzee is an interesting writer. Apparently, he is a well-known South Africa author and I read this book to get a taste of his style.
I found Youth to be rather depressing. The main character is a computer programmer who comes to London to escape 1950s South Africa. Totally alienated from friends and family, he has a series of loveless relationships and friendships. The character desperately wants to be a writer, but he sort collapses in on himself. In a way its a very modern tale of the s ...more
I found Youth to be rather depressing. The main character is a computer programmer who comes to London to escape 1950s South Africa. Totally alienated from friends and family, he has a series of loveless relationships and friendships. The character desperately wants to be a writer, but he sort collapses in on himself. In a way its a very modern tale of the s ...more
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